AUSTRALIA
The Advertiser
Nigel Hunt
A VICTIM of notorious paedophile Robert Brandenburg was threatened with legal action on two occasions by a senior Anglican Church official when he reported the abuse, an inquiry has been told.
In astonishing evidence to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Adelaide man Mark King detailed how he reported his abuse in 1993 to then Archdeacon Brian Smith — only to be dismissed and threatened with legal action if he spoke about it to others.
Mr King, who was also abused by a Church of England Boys Society leader, fellow members and Brandenburg after he joined the Plympton branch when aged 10, said Archdeacon Smith was “aggressively defensive’’ about Brandenburg and had told him he had known him for more than 30 years.
He said Archdeacon Smith was president of CEBS when Brandenburg was the CEBS Commissioner for South Australia. Archdeacon Smith had also told him that Brandenburg had often been to his house and he vouched for his good character.
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